James Lankford actually said...

"I have no problem with maintaining ethics for individuals that are serving in government, but we are talking about those that are literally in the application process at that point."

"That is not right. Again, if they take the job on, that is different than you have to sacrifice all this stuff and then we will tell you later whether you are actually going to get it or not."

"The Obama Administration, in eight years, had several IG positions they just refused to ever nominate someone for, and they did not want the oversight in that area."

"You cannot legislate culture, just like you cannot legislate good management practices."